Hillfoot railway station
Railway station in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. It is sited between Milngavie and Bearsden, 7 miles 66 chains (12.6 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.[3]
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55.9203°N 4.3199°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS550721 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | HLF[2] | ||||
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| 1 May 1900 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  23,778 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.124 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.183 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.231 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.258 million | ||||
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History
Facilities
The station has a small car park but no ticket office or ticket machine. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train. Both platforms have shelters, help points and benches, and there are bike racks adjacent to platform 1. Both platforms have step-free entrances, but the footbridge only has steps.[6]
Passenger volume
| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 133,270 | 165,924 | 200,259 | 218,733 | 241,921 | 280,494 | 278,596 | 288,000 | 308,696 | 318,386 | 309,334 | 326,896 | 318,676 | 317,532 | 317,556 | 331,928 | 334,830 | 23,778 | 124,040 | 182,970 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
On weekdays and Saturdays, trains run every 30 minutes northbound to Milngavie, and southbound to Springburn, via Glasgow Queen Street (low level). In the evenings and on Sundays, trains run southbound to Motherwell, via Hamilton Central, at the same twice-hourly frequency.[8]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Bearsden | ScotRail Dalmuir–Carstairs |
Milngavie | ||
| ScotRail Helensburgh Central–Edinburgh Waverley |
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Cultural references
The station is used in the BBC comedy series Burnistoun.[9][better source needed]
